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Union Square and St. Francis Hotel [sic], San Francisco, Cal.

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Call Number	CHS.X9689
Title	Union Square and St. Francis Hotel [sic], San Francisco, Cal.
Creator(s)	Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942.
Summary	View of Union Square in San Francisco, California. The park has trees, palm trees, yucca plants, a Joshua tree and bushes. Men, women and boys lounge on the grass, on park benches and near the Dewey Monument. The monument is 79 foot granite Corinthian column surmounted by an 18 foot pedestal with a bronze statue of Victory. The woman holds a wreath in one hand and a trident in the other. Shows commercial buildings and horse-drawn wagons and carriages on Geary Street. The Heine Piano Co., is constructed of wood and has a balconet over a bay window, a cornice with pediments, modillions, plaster swags, and window surrounds with pediments. The Cordes Furniture Co. is brick, with voussoir arch window surrounds, a stepped pediment, modillions and quoins. The John Breuner Company, a furniture store, is in the Behlow Building. The brick building has a parapet, a cornice with decorative coursing, decorative molding with ornate window surrounds, pilasters and balconets with modillions. Signs read: "Heine Piano Co." " The Geary" "Waldorf" "Cordes Furniture Co." "Home Furnishers" "Bedding. Furniture, Pictures" "Clocks, Draperies, Lamps" "Carpets, Linoleums, Rugs" "Regal Ranges" "Your Credit is Good" "Behlow Building" "John Breuner Company." Wooden false front buildings are near the businesses. An unfinished building and the dome of City Hall are in the distance.
Date	[1905?]
Notes	Accession number: 86.200.3559; Attribution to Jackson based on the glass negative's inclusion in the History Colorado William Henry Jackson Collection.; History Colorado.; Title and 10857 reproduced in glass negative.; R7200096891
Physical Description	1 negative : glass ; 26 x 21 cm. (10 x 8 in.)
Is Part Of	History Colorado, William Henry Jackson Collection
Subject	Dewey, George, 1837-1917--Monuments--California--San Francisco. San Francisco (Calif.)--1900-1910. Union Square (San Francisco, Calif.)--1900-1910. Cities & towns. Columns. Commercial facilities. Hotels. Monuments & memorials. Parks.
Rights	Copyright restrictions apply to the use of this image. For more information or to obtain a photographic reproduction of this image, contact History Colorado: http://www.historycolorado.org/researchers/reproduction-commercial-use-fees
Reproduction Available for Purchase	Yes
Type of Material	Cityscape photographs.; Glass negatives.; Imaged.; Image
Contributors	Detroit Publishing Co.
Format-Medium	Photograph
Identifier	(OCoLC)319433822; 010857; 86.200.3559
Filename	20009689.TIF
CONTENTdm number	14546

Union Square and St. Francis Hotel [sic], San Francisco, Cal.

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